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Sand / Hail is cool because it uses Abomasnow but I think Rain / Sand works better. Politoed with either Scarf or Specs is very strong and Tyranitar has infinite uses. Abomasnow pretty much can only run a Scarf set. Ninetales sucks on its own too so its not worth using unless on an ACTUAL sun team.

Dual weather teams have the advantage of running things that like both weather (Steel types, Gastrodon etc) and completely dominate in controlling the weather. Not sure how actually viable it is as I've never used one but any team that can call itself "Team Black Rain" wins toughness points.

I've seen some teams in the Doubles RM that have zero reliance on setting up things like weather and TR and Tailwind. All they rely on is the basic type advantage/disadvantage wheel and proper team building. Oddly enough, they manage to do pretty well just using the basics.

Sun stall while not inherently unusual, is to say the least unorthodox. I use it to win all of the PBC OU tourneys (which I know isn't saying much AT ALL, but its fun making all of the top PBC players tear their hair out trying to beat my sun stall). It has much more potential than it is given credit for.

"The strong did what they could, the weak suffered what they must." -Thucydides

I'll admit, Rain/Sand teams are actually pretty neat. I've also heard some success with Sun/Sand, although Sun abusers like Venusaur often fall apart on those kinds. I do not recommend Rain/Sun, although I suppose a couple of things like DNite and that weird Rain sweeper Volc set could do just fine. Hail...well, it's best to not try to pair Hail up with anything.

Besides that, I've seen some really strange Baton Pass chains in my time. Some of them are so terrible yet to effective that it occasionally makes me rethink my stance on Baton Pass in OU...